High School Program

The
High School Program: The
program is a vocational program where at risk students can graduate with a Standard
High School Diploma. The student’s ages
range from 16 thru 19 years old and come from all over the county. To attend the program, the students must be at
least one year behind. The program has two instructors a vocational teacher and
an academic teacher. The vocational
teacher follows the objectives for the various Commercial fishing courses. The
academic teacher works with the student to get them where they can pass the
tests necessary for graduation.

In order
to graduate the students must pass the GED test, 10th grade reading
2.0 FCAT, and the EOC for Algebra 1. Upon
passing these tests the students receive a standard diploma from Duval County
Public Schools. The typical day for the
students is to spend half of their day in academics and half of their day in
the vocational program, which can include classroom work, fishing at the local
dock, or out on the boat fishing.